Qualification Format
Men's Ice Hockey IIHF World Ranking as of May 26th, 2019
May 26th, 2019
The 9th, 10th, 11th, 12th, 13th, 14th, 15th, 16th and 17th not already qualified Nations will qualify for the Men's Ice Hockey IIHF Olympic Games Qualification Tournament 2021, the 18th, 19th, 20th, 21st, 22nd, 23rd, 24th, 25th and 26th not already qualified Nations will qualify for the Pre-Qualification Round 3, the 27th, 28th, 29th, 30th, 31st, 32nd, 33rd, 34th, 35th and 36th not already qualified Nations will qualify for the Pre-Qualification Round 2, the 37th, 38th, 39th, 40th, 41st, 42nd, 43rd and 44th not already qualified Nations will qualify for the Pre-Qualification Round 1
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Pre-Qualification Round 1
November 7th - November 10th, 2019
8 Nations, 2 Groups, the 1st Nations from each Group will qualify for the Pre-Qualification Round 2
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Pre-Qualification Round 2
December 12th, 2019 - January 8th, 2020
12 Nations, 3 Groups, the 1st Nations from each Group will qualify for the Pre-Qualification Round 3
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Pre-Qualification Round 3
February 6th - February 9th, 2020
12 Nations, 3 Groups, the 1st Nations from each Group will qualify for the Men's Ice Hockey IIHF Olympic Games Qualification Tournament 2021 IFinal Qualification Round (Group D)
August 26th - August 29th, 2021
4 Nations, Round-Robin, the 1st Nation from each Group will qualify for the Men´s Ice Hockey Tournament at the Winter Olympic Games
I Final Qualification Round (Group E)
August 26th - August 29th, 2021
4 Nations, Round-Robin, the 1st Nation from each Group will qualify for the Men´s Ice Hockey Tournament at the Winter Olympic Games
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Final Qualification Round (Group F)
August 26th - August 29th, 2021
4 Nations, Round-Robin, the 1st Nation from each Group will qualify for the Men´s Ice Hockey Tournament at the Winter Olympic Games Registered Nations
Qualified, Eliminated, In Progress
- Australia (Men's Ice Hockey IIHF World Ranking as of May 26th, 2019)
- Austria (Men's Ice Hockey IIHF World Ranking as of May 26th, 2019, Final Qualification Round)
- Belarus (Men's Ice Hockey IIHF World Ranking as of May 26th, 2019, Final Qualification Round)
- Belgium (Men's Ice Hockey IIHF World Ranking as of May 26th, 2019)
- Bosnia and Herzegovina (Men's Ice Hockey IIHF World Ranking as of May 26th, 2019, Pre-Qualification Round 1)
- Bulgaria (Men's Ice Hockey IIHF World Ranking as of May 26th, 2019, Pre-Qualification Round 2)
- Canada (Men's Ice Hockey IIHF World Ranking as of May 26th, 2019)
- China (Men's Ice Hockey IIHF World Ranking as of May 26th, 2019, Automatic Qualification)
- Chinese Taipei (Men's Ice Hockey IIHF World Ranking as of May 26th, 2019, Pre-Qualification Round 1, Pre-Qualification Round 2)
- Croatia (Men's Ice Hockey IIHF World Ranking as of May 26th, 2019, Pre-Qualification Round 2, Pre-Qualification Round 3)
- Czech Republic (Men's Ice Hockey IIHF World Ranking as of May 26th, 2019)
- Denmark (Men's Ice Hockey IIHF World Ranking as of May 26th, 2019, Final Qualification Round)
- Estonia (Men's Ice Hockey IIHF World Ranking as of May 26th, 2019, Pre-Qualification Round 3)
- Finland (Men's Ice Hockey IIHF World Ranking as of May 26th, 2019)
- France (Men's Ice Hockey IIHF World Ranking as of May 26th, 2019, Final Qualification Round)
- Georgia (Men's Ice Hockey IIHF World Ranking as of May 26th, 2019)
- Germany (Men's Ice Hockey IIHF World Ranking as of May 26th, 2019)
- Great Britain (Men's Ice Hockey IIHF World Ranking as of May 26th, 2019, Pre-Qualification Round 3)
- Hong Kong (Men's Ice Hockey IIHF World Ranking as of May 26th, 2019, Pre-Qualification Round 1)
- Hungary (Men's Ice Hockey IIHF World Ranking as of May 26th, 2019, Pre-Qualification Round 3, Final Qualification Round)
- Iceland (Men's Ice Hockey IIHF World Ranking as of May 26th, 2019, Pre-Qualification Round 2)
- Israel (Men's Ice Hockey IIHF World Ranking as of May 26th, 2019, Pre-Qualification Round 2)
- Italy (Men's Ice Hockey IIHF World Ranking as of May 26th, 2019, Final Qualification Round)
- Japan (Men's Ice Hockey IIHF World Ranking as of May 26th, 2019, Pre-Qualification Round 3)
- Kazakhstan (Men's Ice Hockey IIHF World Ranking as of May 26th, 2019, Pre-Qualification Round 3)
- Kuwait (Men's Ice Hockey IIHF World Ranking as of May 26th, 2019, Pre-Qualification Round 1)
- Kyrgyzstan (Men's Ice Hockey IIHF World Ranking as of May 26th, 2019, Pre-Qualification Round 1, Pre-Qualification Round 2)
- Latvia (Men's Ice Hockey IIHF World Ranking as of May 26th, 2019, Final Qualification Round)
- Lithuania (Men's Ice Hockey IIHF World Ranking as of May 26th, 2019, Pre-Qualification Round 3)
- Luxembourg (Men's Ice Hockey IIHF World Ranking as of May 26th, 2019, Pre-Qualification Round 1)
- Mexico (Men's Ice Hockey IIHF World Ranking as of May 26th, 2019, Pre-Qualification Round 2)
- Netherlands (Men's Ice Hockey IIHF World Ranking as of May 26th, 2019, Pre-Qualification Round 2, Pre-Qualification Round 3)
- New Zealand (Men's Ice Hockey IIHF World Ranking as of May 26th, 2019)
- North Korea (Men's Ice Hockey IIHF World Ranking as of May 26th, 2019)
- Norway (Men's Ice Hockey IIHF World Ranking as of May 26th, 2019, Final Qualification Round)
- Poland (Men's Ice Hockey IIHF World Ranking as of May 26th, 2019, Pre-Qualification Round 3, Final Qualification Round)
- Romania (Men's Ice Hockey IIHF World Ranking as of May 26th, 2019, Pre-Qualification Round 2, Pre-Qualification Round 3)
- Russia (Men's Ice Hockey IIHF World Ranking as of May 26th, 2019)
- Serbia (Men's Ice Hockey IIHF World Ranking as of May 26th, 2019, Pre-Qualification Round 2)
- Slovakia (Men's Ice Hockey IIHF World Ranking as of May 26th, 2019, Final Qualification Round)
- Slovenia (Men's Ice Hockey IIHF World Ranking as of May 26th, 2019, Pre-Qualification Round 3, Final Qualification Round)
- South Africa (Men's Ice Hockey IIHF World Ranking as of May 26th, 2019)
- South Korea (Men's Ice Hockey IIHF World Ranking as of May 26th, 2019, Final Qualification Round)
- Spain (Men's Ice Hockey IIHF World Ranking as of May 26th, 2019, Pre-Qualification Round 2)
- Sweden (Men's Ice Hockey IIHF World Ranking as of May 26th, 2019)
- Switzerland (Men's Ice Hockey IIHF World Ranking as of May 26th, 2019)
- Thailand (Men's Ice Hockey IIHF World Ranking as of May 26th, 2019, Pre-Qualification Round 1)
- Turkey (Men's Ice Hockey IIHF World Ranking as of May 26th, 2019, Pre-Qualification Round 2)
- Turkmenistan (Men's Ice Hockey IIHF World Ranking as of May 26th, 2019)
- Ukraine (Men's Ice Hockey IIHF World Ranking as of May 26th, 2019, Pre-Qualification Round 3)
- United Arab Emirates (Men's Ice Hockey IIHF World Ranking as of May 26th, 2019, Pre-Qualification Round 1)
- United States (Men's Ice Hockey IIHF World Ranking as of May 26th, 2019)
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